A look at the world through Kelly Miller.
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WHITE SPACE
Something I’ve never had to think about as a Landscape Architect in subtropical Brisbane, Australia -
“We are conflicted about snow in cities. With the first storm of the season, the city becomes silent, bright and spatially renewed — the snow absorbs the sounds of traffic, reflects the low winter sun, and makes irrelevant the signs that warn “Keep off the grass” or “Stay on the path.” Yet we react to the new-found peacefulness by combating the fresh snow, by salting roads and sidewalks and revving up noisy plows and diesel blowers. In cities we constantly push around the snow — we move it out of our way, shovel and plow and mold it to ease our commutes and comply with regulations. It is contradictory: we react to the serene landscapes of new-fallen snow with loud and mechanized aggression. ” … (read more at http://places.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11907)
By Design Observer
Was thinking about this recently…
